Chicken-brooder.



G. JES8E.

CHICKEN BROODER.

APPLICAHONFILED'SEPLB,1936.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

w 6 Me saw hurrn srarns GUSTAVE JESSE, F WRAY, COLORADO.

CHIOKEN-BROODEE.

of a device of this character which will '15 afford a hover for small chickens and which will keep the chickens thoroughly warm without the employment'of artllicial heat,

. obviating the expense and labor of running a heating system toheat the device to a correct degree of teinpe ature.

Another object of this invention is to proo'ide a cover supported in spaced relation to the ground or flooring of a building and having secured thereto and depending downwardly therefrom a plurality of tufts of feathers which chickens may hover or pass into and be protected from exposure, similar to hovering under a female fowl.

A further object of this invention is to secure the tufts of feathers in a. circular row to the cover, whereby passages are )rovided between the rows of feathers, so that the chickens may pass into and out of the feathers at will and which atl'ords ellicicnt warmth to the chickens when hovering among the feathers.

A still further object of this invention is the. provision of a chicken brooder of the i above stated character, which shall be so simple, durable and eflicient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

YVith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the descrip- 5 tion proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will 'be hereinafter more fully. described and claimed. 7 For a. complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of the chicken broader, constructed in ac- Specification of Letters Patent.

of parts may be made Without depr tin Patented 1 15*,

Application filed September 6, 1916. Serial No. 118,739.

cordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a top View of the cover with the feathers removed.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a circular cover con structed from wood or suitable material and having secured thereto a plurality of legs for supporting the cover in spaced relatio to the ground or flooring of a building. T cover has a central recess 3 for the recti'on of a tuft of feathers. The feathers are preferably light feathers with the end of the quills inserted within the cent a. recess 3 and glued or otherwise secured therein. The cover 1 has a plurality of circularly arranged recesses 4t. adjacent the periphery thereof for the reception a pin-- rality of tufts of feathers, the quill portions thereof being glued or otherwise secured within the recesses a. The tufts feathers secured within the recesses and the tufts of feat-hers secured within the central recess 3 form a circular. passage between the central tuft of feathers and the circuh arranged tufts of feathers whereby chime ens may pass within the passage and ,hover between the feathers.

A plurality of feathers 5gare glued or otherwise secured about the periphery of the cover 1 and form a passage between the circularly arranged tufts of feathers for the reception of chickens. The feathers it further secured to the periphery of'the co 1 by means ofthe metallic band -3 r is nailed or otherwise secured to the to prevent the quill portions of the feathers 5 from becoming detached and mutilated.

From the foregoing description taken in. connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be noted that a, device has been provided whereby the chickens may readily en ter and exit from the feathers when desired and which will be thoroughly protected from exposure similar to hovering under a.

While l have shown. and described the.

preferredg embodiment of my invent-ion, it will be understood that minor changes construction, combination and arran from the spirit and scope of the invent n as claimed.

'plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is aplan Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A chicken brooder comprising a circular cover, means for supporting said cover in spaced relation to the ground, said cover having a central recess, a tuft of feathers secured Within said recess, said cover having a plurality of circular arranged recesses in spaced relation to the central recess, tufts of feathers secured within said circular arranged recesses to form a passage way between the central tuft and the clrcular arranged tufts, a plurality of feathers secured to. the periphery of the cover, and a metallic hand secured to the periphery of the cover 15 

